The Buckinghams in Concert

And as the summer rolls on, The Happy Together Tour continues to generate excitement and press buzz for the shows ahead. Just today we see the Happy Together Tour "In the News" in New London, Connecticut! In today's publication, "The Day," Rick Koster's story carries this headline: "Happy Together’ package tour brings stars to the Garde Friday" As one description of what you'll see, "these events feature short, hit-clustered performances by the acts — with other '60s familiars Gary Puckett, the Buckinghams, the Classics IV and the Cowsills also showing up..." For tickets: "Happy Together Tour," 8 p.m. Friday, Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London; $49-$69; (860) 444-7373, gardearts.org. And The Westerly Sun has the concert in its Picks of the Week Shows: Happy Together Tour 2019 8 p.m.; Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London. "Garde Arts Center will host the Happy Together Tour 2019, featur...

Entertainment & Life Classic rockers, fans happy ... together On Tuesday, June 25, the Happy Together Tour performed at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and journalist Cynthia McCormick had this to say about the evening in the Cape Cod Times : "The lineup included The Buckinghams, the Classics IV, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Chuck Negron (formerly of Three Dog Night) and the Cowsills – all singing and playing to a packed house ..." " Nick Fortuna and Carl Giammarese of the Buckinghams delivered lively renditions of “Don’t You Care” and “Kind of a Drag” and reminded the audience they were Italians from the west side of Chicago – not Brits." To read the entire review visit this link ( click here )

After last night's concert in the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, we were rewarded for all the miles we'd covered in just one day to get here early. If you're early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late. At least that's the case in the music business. The Buckinghams were so appreciative of a capacity crowd and the enthusiasm shown by everyone who stood on their feet for so much of the evening. Tour promoter, Ron Hausfeld, decided to throw an outdoor grill for the entire tour this afternoon on the one day we didn't have to be on the road this week. Really thoughtful of Ron, just his way of keeping the tour keeping. Here's a couple photos from the day. Tomorrow, the tour heads to Hyannis, MA, for the Cape Cod Melody Tent.

It's always a nice surprise when you have fellow musicians drop by backstage after the show to say hello and catch up for a few minutes. After the Happy Together concert at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey, multitalented musician Paul Shaffer came by to visit many of his friends. It's always great to see Paul. What an amazing collection of music he is responsible for! Of course you watched him for years every night on the "Late Show with David Letterman" as he conducted his "World's Most Dangerous Band." His book, "We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives," is, as he subtitled it, "A Swingin' Show-biz Saga Book." He talks about his years leading the Saturday Night Live Band, leading the Blues Brothers Band, and then the Late Show band and TV personality. Get the book here . Do you have a CD of their cover songs? (Find one here: https://theshaffershop.bigcartel.com/ ). Here's a photo of Nick...